'They need to make an example' | Father wants justice for child's hot car death

Louis Williams clings to memories of his 1-year-old daughter. He learned while deployed overseas that she died sitting in a hot car for more than six hours while her mom was at a DeKalb County hair salon last year.

Author:
Jennifer Bellamy

Published:
11:01 AM EST January 31, 2018

Updated:
11:01 AM EST January 31, 2018

DECATUR, GA -- The father of a little girl who died after being left inside a hot car is demanding justice.

Police say 1-year-old Skylar Fowler was left alone for six hours while her mother got her hair done.

"I guess every parent would call their kid perfect, for me, she was the perfect daughter. I couldn't have asked for anything more," said Louis Williams. "Always smiling, always laughing."

He now clings to those memories of his only child, his daughter Skylar, whose life only lasted one year.

Louis Williams with baby Skylar Fowler

"The worst is already done," he said. "Now I just, I hope to see justice."

Dijanelle Fowler is facing numerous charges, including second-degree murder, in the June 15 death of her child Skylar Fowler.

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The area where the mother is believed to have left her child in a hot car while she was in a hair salon.

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Dijanelle Fowler called 911 from the parking deck of Emory Physicians.

"They need to make an example. Something like this can't happen, for a mother to leave her child in the car for six hours while she gets her hair done...she's told multiple lies," said Williams "I'd like for this case to make a statement so parents out there who are going through tough times don't neglect their children."

The DeKalb County District Attorney's Office says Dijanelle Fowler is expected enter a guilty plea in court Wednesday morning.